Is my income Halal?

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I have doubts about the validity of my earnings and need advice

1. There have been various phases in my job where I do not have sufficient work. Though my managers think I am performing to expectation, I myself know I am not working to the best of my ability and do not deserve the amount I am getting.

2. A lot of times the reason I am idle is because I do not have a very proactive attitude. I do nto actively seek work and reach out to my manager telling him to give me more work. Now if during my job interview stage, I have hid the fact that I am not very proactive, which was one of the criteria for the job, is my earning halal.

Answer:

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakā

If your manager states that you are performing according to expectation, your income is halal.[1]

If you feel you are not proactive, change your attitude, and be so to avoid doubt.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Jibran Kadarkhan

Student Darul Iftaa
Mauritius 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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قالوالاجيرالخاصالذىيستحقالاجرةبتسليمنفسهفىالمدةوانلميعملكمناستوجرشهراللخدمةاولرعىالغنم،وانماسمىاجيراوحدلانهلايمكنهانيعمللغيرهلانمنافعةفىالمدةصارتمستحقةلهوالاجرمقابل (هدايةمعالذراية،2/312,مكتبةالرحمانية)

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